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hiking in Italy/Norway; a travel wardrobe

26/07/2025 Carolynfashion, Uncategorized7 Comments on hiking in Italy/Norway; a travel wardrobe

hello!  We have very recently returned from a long hiking holiday, which involved some clever packing of seasonal extremes into a small suitcase with a 15kg limit.   Challenge accepted!  I shall now proceed to discuss my travel wardrobe and…

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a cosy new dress and a backpack

20/07/202520/07/2025 Carolynsewing, UncategorizedLeave a Comment on a cosy new dress and a backpack

hello!  long time no see!  I’ve been very busy lately, being a diligent little jet setter and living out of one suitcase for an entire month …  I do have a travel wardrobe post planned but it will take me…

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a Minä Perhonen dress and some new clogs

28/05/202528/05/2025 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on a Minä Perhonen dress and some new clogs

hello!  I’ve made a whole new outfit recently… it’s not so often that I can present a new, head-to-toe handmade outfit like this!   I bought this Minä Perhonen hessian on a previous trip to Tokyo, and after a suitable…

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some new things…

09/05/202509/05/2025 Carolynsewing, shoes2 Comments on some new things…

hello!  I’ve made some new things recently… firstly, some new winter pyjamas. 🙂 I used my usual Closet Core patterns Carolyn pattern for the bottoms, and for the top I used a pattern adapted from a Burda pattern, just a…

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“cool bunny” T-shirts

02/05/2025 Carolynsewing2 Comments on “cool bunny” T-shirts

Hello!  For the Easter just gone by I wanted to give something to my three little grandsons… chocolate has been ruled out by the parents and so I had to think of something else.  I decided upon this!  As a…

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dazzling dazzle

27/04/2025 Carolynsewing1 Comment on dazzling dazzle

hello!  I made a fun new little dress… this is the new Fibremood Dazzle pattern, which is actually a top pattern but I lengthened it to be a dress, simply because I had enough of this gorgeous fabric to do…

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South Korea and Japan; a travel wardrobe

13/04/2025 Carolynfashion, Uncategorized4 Comments on South Korea and Japan; a travel wardrobe

hello! so as I mentioned in my last post we have just got back from a nearly month-long trip through east Asia, and just for fun I’m assessing the usefulness/workability of my travel wardrobe as usual… BTW; if you’ve ever…

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a purple mini and a striped tee

12/04/2025 Carolynsewing4 Comments on a purple mini and a striped tee

in the Nagano region Hello!  We recently spent nearly a month overseas in east Asia, specifically South Korea and Japan.  I’ll write a bit more about our trip in a future travel wardrobe post, but for now I’ll just be…

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